Reduced power for avoidance of interference in wireless communications

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10009910-B2
Application number	US-201715455775-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 10, 2017
Priority date	Dec 14, 2015
Publication date	Jun 26, 2018
Grant date	Jun 26, 2018

Abstract

In one embodiment, a device of a first wireless communication network determines a link budget from a terminal in the first communication network to an unintended receiver for a communication from the terminal to an intended receiver in the first wireless communication network, based on the communication being configured with initial communication parameters. The device also determines whether one or more adjusted communication parameters would result in reducing a received power at the unintended receiver being below a link budget threshold, while still satisfying a receive sensitivity of the intended receiver. If so, the device causes the terminal to transmit the communication using the adjusted communication parameters. In one embodiment, the device is the terminal, and causing comprises transmitting as the terminal. In another embodiment, the device is a server of the first communication network, and causing comprises instructing the terminal to transmit the communication using the adjusted communication parameters.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
determining, by a device of a first wireless communication network, that initial communication parameters for a communication from a terminal in the first wireless communication network to an intended receiver in the first wireless communication network would result in an unintended receiver receiving the communication at a received power above an interfering threshold level;
in response, determining, by the device, one or more adjusted communication parameters that would result in the unintended receiver receiving the communication at a received power below the interfering threshold level and also would result in the communication satisfying a receiver sensitivity of the intended receiver, wherein the one or more adjusted communication parameters comprise an aim of an antenna of the terminal;
illustrating, by the device, a user interface (UI) to a user to adjust the aim of the antenna of the terminal according to the adjusted communication parameters;
preventing, by the device, the terminal from transmitting the communication unless the antenna of the terminal is aimed according to the adjusted communication parameters; and
causing, by the device, the terminal to use the adjusted communication parameters to transmit the communication.

2. The method as in claim 1 , wherein the device is one of either the terminal or a computing device locally associated with the terminal, and wherein causing comprises transmitting the communication through the terminal.

3. The method as in claim 2 , further comprising:
including an indication of the adjusted communication parameters within the communication for server validation.

4. The method as in claim 1 , wherein the device is a server of the first communication network, and wherein causing comprises instructing, by the server, the terminal to transmit the communication using the adjusted communication parameters.

5. The method as in claim 1 , further comprising:
determining to also adjust transmission power as an adjusted communication parameter of the one or more adjusted communication parameters.

6. The method as in claim 1 , wherein the intended receiver is a receiver at a satellite of a satellite communication network.

7. The method as in claim 6 , wherein the unintended receiver is a receiver at another satellite of another satellite communication network.

8. The method as in claim 1 , wherein the unintended receiver is a point-to-point receiver (PtPR) of a second wireless communication network.

9. The method as in claim 1 , wherein the initial and adjusted communication parameters are selected from: polarity; direction; azimuth; elevation; location; and height above sea level.

10. The method as in claim 1 , wherein preventing further comprises:
accounting for deviations in aim caused by inaccuracy of one or more sensors of the terminal to determine the aim of the antenna.

11. The method as in claim 1 , wherein preventing further comprises:
accounting for deviations in aim caused by shaking of the terminal.

12. The method as in claim 1 , further comprising:
instructing the user to aim the antenna of the terminal in a first direction not directly toward the intended receiver for the duration of the transmission; and
instructing the user to aim the antenna of the terminal in a second direction more directly toward the intended receiver than the first direction for receiving return communications from the intended receiver.

13. The method as in claim 1 , wherein the device determines whether the receiver sensitivity is satisfied at the intended receiver based on feedback indicating actual received power at the intended receiver.

14. The method as in claim 1 , wherein the terminal and device comprise a configuration-selected from a group consisting of: a standalone device integrated with the terminal; a terminal physically attached to a personal mobile device; a terminal that is communicatively paired to a personal mobile device; a terminal paired with an Internet of Things (IoT) device; a terminal associated with an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) as the device; and a device application operating on a personal mobile device associated with the terminal.

15. An apparatus, comprising:
one or more network interfaces to communicate as a device of at least a first wireless communication network;
a processor coupled to the network interfaces and adapted to execute one or more processes; and
a memory configured to store a process executable by the processor, the process when executed operable to:
determine that initial communication parameters for a communication from a terminal in the first wireless communication network to an intended receiver in the first wireless communication network would result in an unintended receiver receiving the communication at a received power above an interfering threshold level;
determine, in response, one or more adjusted communication parameters that would result in the unintended receiver receiving the communication at a received power below the interfering threshold level and also would result in the communication satisfying a receiver sensitivity of the intended receiver, wherein the one or more adjusted communication parameters comprise an aim of an antenna of the terminal;
illustrate a user interface (UI) to a user to adjust the aim of the antenna of the terminal according to the adjusted communication parameters;
prevent the terminal from transmitting the communication unless the antenna of the terminal is aimed according to the adjusted communication parameters; and
cause the terminal to use the adjusted communication parameters to transmit the communication.

16. The apparatus as in claim 15 , wherein the apparatus is one of either the terminal or a computing device locally associated with the terminal, and wherein causing comprises transmitting the communication through the terminal.

17. The apparatus as in claim 15 , wherein the apparatus is a server of the first communication network, and wherein causing comprises instructing the terminal to transmit the communication using the adjusted communication parameters.

18. A tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor on a computer of a device of a first wireless communication network, cause the computer to perform a method comprising:
determining that initial communication parameters for a communication from a terminal in the first wireless communication network to an intended receiver in the first wireless communication network would result in an unintended receiver receiving the communication at a received power above an interfering threshold level;
in response, determining one or more adjusted communication parameters that would result in the unintended receiver receiving the communication at a received power below the interfering threshold level and would also result in the communication satisfying a receiver sensitivity of the intended receiver, wherein the one or more adjusted communication parameters comprise an aim of an antenna of the terminal;
illustrating a user interface (UI) to a user to adjust the aim of the antenna of the terminal according to the adjusted communication parameters;
preventing the terminal from transmitting the communication unless the antenna of the terminal is aimed according to the adjusted communication parameters; and
causing the terminal to use the adjusted communication parameters to transmit the communication.

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Assignees

• Higher Ground Llc

Inventors

• Reis Robert S
• Russell Mark E
• Shaffer Shmuel

Classifications

• H04B7/18543 Primary

  for adaptation of transmission parameters, e.g. power control (for detecting or preventing errors in the information received H04L1/00) · CPC title

• H04W72/542 Primary

  using measured or perceived quality · CPC title

• H04L67/12

  specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks · CPC title

• H04W52/243

  taking into account interferences · CPC title

• H04L43/16

  Threshold monitoring · CPC title